AND THEY ARE ALL ACCOUNTED FOR. IT HAS BEEN A ROLLER COASTER RIDE FOR CONYERS LATELY. BUB TONIGHT JUDGE ORDER PUTS HIM BACK ON AUGUST 5 BALLOT. THAT OVERTURNS TWO RULINGS HE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE BALLOT FROM STATE AND LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS. ROB PARKER IS LIVE. AND ROB, CONGRESSMAN DODGED A BEFORE THE AND WE HAD TWO SWINGS TODAY? ABSOLUTELY DEVIN. AT NOON TIME HE WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT. BY 4:30 HE WAS AND CONGRESSMAN ADMITTED THAT WHEN I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE DID DODGE THE BULLET. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. FEDERAL JUDGE MATHEW LIGHTMAN NEWLY APPOINTED. IN HIS FIRST RULING. PUT CONYERS BACK ON THE BALLOT. THERE WAS SOME FRUSTRATION IN IT. WE WERE UP AND WE WERE DOWN. CONGRESSMAN CONYERS ALL SMILES AFTER A FEDERAL COURT VICTORY THAT OVERTURNS AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL ELECTION CIRCULATOR REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE ON THE BOOKS AS LONG AS HE HAS BEEN IN THE HOUSE. GOING OUT. GETTING PEOPLE TO WRITE IN YOUR NAME. AND WHICH IS A BIG CHALLENGE, EVEN FOR ME AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE. SO I FEEL VERY, VERY GOOD. CONYER ANNIVERSARIES OPPONENT IS REVEREND SHEFFIELD. THEY ARE IN COURT. ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE AND HOW ABOUT SHOWING UP AND HAVING A DEBATE ABOUT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE. HE SAYS WHILE THE RULING IS TROUBLING HE CANNOT WORRY ABOUT IT. TO HIM THE CAMPAIGN IS ON. AND IN EARNEST. PEOPLE ARE READY FOR CHANGE. OUR DISTRICT. AND THIS WHOLE CITY. WHOLE REGION IS SUFFERING. AND WE NEED SOME ENERGY AND VISION TO MOVE IT FORWARD. CONGRESSMAN CONYERS IS 85. BATTLING FOR HIS 26TH TERM. AND HE FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT HE HAS MORE TO GIVE. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT I LOVE MY JOB. AND I AM READY TO DO EVERYTHING TO GET REELECTED. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE LAST TIME. I HOPE IT IS NOT. BUT MAYBE. NOW THE CONGRESSMAN SAID THAT HE FEELS THAT MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW HAS BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. HERE TONIGHT. AS A RESULT OF THE JUDGE'S RULINGS. OUR RULING. AND MEANTIME SHEFFIELD IS NOT HURIF HE WILL GO AHEAD WITH A APPEAL. HE HAS $2,025,000 ON LEGAL BILLS AND CAN HE HAD USE THE REST OF THE MONEY TO BE AVAILABLE TRY TO WIN THIS ELECTION. SO THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. HE IS NOT QUITE SURE YET WHAT WILL HAPPEN. WE ARE WAITING FOR JUDGE'S RULING, OUT NEXT WEEK. UNDERSTANDABLE FROM HIS PART BUT THIS WAS A STATE LAW THROWN INTO THE FIRE BY THE COURT. SO WHAT DOES THE STATE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT? IS THERE AN APPEAL COMING FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL? ATTORNEY GENERAL IS WHO REPRESENTS THE SEXT OF STATE. THEY HAD ARGUED AGAINST THIS RULING. DIDN'T WANT IT TO GO LIKE THIS. THEY PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING THEY ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF IT. I SUSPECT THAT THEY WILL WAIT FOR THE FULL JUDGE'S STATEMENT OR RULING ON THIS THING. WHEN IT COMES OUT SOME TIME NEXT WEEK. THE JUDGE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE PUT OUT AN ORDER SO IF THERE IS AN APPEAL THEY CAN DO THAT RIGHT AWAY.

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